New Year celebrations and anti-CAA protests: India this week

From New Year celebrations at the iconic Gateway of India in Mumbai to several protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Delhi; a roundup of top photos from across the country.

Updated on: Jan 6, 2020 3:06 PM IST

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Fireworks illuminate the Gateway of India as people celebrate on New Year’s Eve, in Mumbai. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A demonstrator is seen with a bandaged eye to show solidarity with a Jamia Millia Islamia student who allegedly lost vision in an eye during protests against the new citizenship law, in New Delhi. (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)

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A participant is seen during the Rainbow Pride Walk in Kolkata on December 29. (Ranita Roy / REUTERS)

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Nikhil Baji at his home, in Pune, Maharashtra. Baji, 31, is a city-based lawyer with cerebral palsy, who cracked the civil judge junior division and judicial magistrate first class exam conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) in 2019 and is set to become a judge. (Sanket Wankhade / HT Photo)

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President Ram Nath Kovind presents the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2018 to Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, for his contribution to the Indian film industry, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (courtesy: Rashtrapati Bhavan)

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A view of the Qutub Minar engulfed in dense fog on a cold winter morning, at Mehrauli in New Delhi. The India Meteorology Department (IMD) confirmed that December 30 was the coldest day of the month in Delhi since 1901, with the maximum temperature recorded at just 9.4 degrees Celsius. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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Graffiti on cemented blocks are seen near a sit-in demonstration against National Register of Citizens (NRC) and recently-passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), at Shaheen Bagh, in New Delhi. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Nagrikta, a Pakistani Hindu child born in India who got her birth certificate recently, is seen with her family members at Majnu ka Tilla, in New Delhi. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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A devotee takes a dip in a sarovar amid dense fog on a cold morning at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab. (Sameer Sehgal / HT Photo)

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Deputy chief minister of Maharashtra Ajit Pawar gestures at chief minister Uddhav Thackarey during the swearing in ceremony, at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai. (Anshuman Poyrekar / HT Photo)

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General Bipin Rawat inspects the Guard of Honour after he was appointed India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), at South Block lawns in New Delhi on January 1. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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A huge gathering of people is seen around India Gate on the first day of the new year, in New Delhi. (Burhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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A view of the Golden Temple illuminated on the occasion of the 353rd birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, in Amritsar. (Sameer Sehgal / HT Photo)

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NDRF and Delhi Fire Services personnel work to douse a fire at a factory in Peeragarhi, New Delhi. Nearly 300 rescuers worked for nearly 10 hours to rescue all trapped inside the three-storey building. (Sanchit Khanna/HT PHOTO)

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Crows are seen sitting on a replica of Rio de Janeiro’s iconic statue ‘Christ De Redeemer’ at Byculla, in Mumbai. (Aalok Soni / HT Photo)

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Chinar trees are reflected in waters of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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People hold placards and flags during a protest by the LGBTQ community against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. (Amal KS / HT Photo)

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A cyclist looks at the damaged windshield of a vehicle near the site of a grenade explosion in the downtown area of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Khusi, a white tigress, looks at a heater kept by the zoo authority to warm her outside her enclosure, at Assam State zoo in Guwahati. (Biju Boro / AFP)

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Harpoons are placed near a frozen portion of Anchar Lake to catch fish, on the outskirts of Srinagar. (Tauseef Mustafa / AFP)